NASCAR Releases 2017 K&N Pro Series Schedules

13 Dec 2016

NASCAR, New Smyrna Speedway, K&N Pro Series East

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East opens at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida on Feb. 19

NASCAR K&N West Series driver Todd Gilliland won six races en route to the 2016 championship. The rookie for Bill McAnally Racing won the first two West Series races, at Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway in California, and posted 13 top-10 finishes in 14 races.

Justin Haley won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East championship with two wins and 13 top-five finishes in 14 races.

The recently released 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series schedule has drivers and teams visiting 23 tracks over 27 races. Both series will visit some familiar tracks. There are some new stops on the touring schedule. The NASCAR K&N Pro Series opens in the East at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida on Feb. 19. It is the same day the newly named NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series has qualifying for the Daytona 500 at nearby Daytona International Speedway.

“The NASCAR K&N Pro Series has been an exceptional proving ground for our sport’s up-and-coming drivers,” said George Silbermann, NASCAR Vice President of Touring & Weekly Series. “The 2017 schedules for the East and West feature an assortment of tracks that will test the drivers and provide a platform to showcase their talents.”

NASCAR, Irwindale Speedway, K&N Pro Series West

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West visits Irwindale Speedway in California on March 25

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West schedule starts at Tucson Speedway in Arizona on March 18. It kicks off a whirlwind, four-race start to the West Series season. The West Series visits Kern County Raceway Park on March 23 and Irwindale Speedway for a pair of 100-lap races on March 25.

The K&N Pro Series East will run a similar event at South Boston Speedway in Virginia in May.

Gilliland won the K&N Pro Series East opener at New Smyrna Speedway in 2016 to add to his win total. Ryan Partridge won the K&N Pro Series West race at Tucson Speedway in 2016. The K&N Pro Series teams and drivers will race at some of the same tracks as the Cup and Xfinity Series drivers and teams. The West Series visits Sonoma Raceway in California in June. The East Series races at Bristol Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen International and Dover International Speedway. The West and East Series will run a combined event at Iowa Speedway in July, an annual event that pits the best the developmental series has to offer.

NASCAR, Sonoma Raceway, K&N Pro Series West

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West will race at Sonoma Raceway in California on June 24

“The 2017 schedules are a perfect blend of short tracks, road courses, and national series companion events, that really bring out the best in the competitors in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series,” said Jesse Spungin, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of K&N Engineering, Inc. “We are excited to be involved in the series and are looking forward to what the new year brings and seeing NASCAR’s next generation of drivers battling it out across the country.”

The K&N Pro Series East makes two new stops. The first is at Memphis International Raceway in Tennessee in June. The second is at Berlin Raceway in Michigan in July. The East Series will also make a return to Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Connecticut in July. The East Series first raced at Thompson Speedway in 1988, when the series was known as the NASCAR Busch North Series.

The K&N Pro Series East ends at Dover International Speedway in Delaware on Sept. 29. The season finale in the K&N Pro Series West is at Kern County Raceway Park on Nov. 4.

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